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Judge tells Ontario woman who has sued dozens she is no longer welcome in court

Reyes is appealing the May 31 order by Justice Paul Perell restricting her access to the courts.

The rare designation means she cannot continue or begin any new cases in any level of court in Ontario without first getting permission from a judge.

It won’t be easy for Althea Reyes to drag another person before a judge.

The one-time beauty queen has been declared a “vexatious litigant” for repeatedly abusing Ontario courts with frivolous lawsuits.

The new one is much broader and prevents Reyes from filing any court action without first getting approval from a judge.

Last November, Reyes told the Star to hold off on publishing her story until all of her matters before the court were concluded, or else.

Reyes recently informed the court that she intends to soon file an application to get permission to pursue a lawsuit against the Star. »

United Nations and World Health Organisation call for drugs to be decriminalised

Authored by independent.co.uk

The United Nations and World Health Organisation have issued a call for drugs to be decriminalised.

While the WHO has previously called for drugs to be decriminalised in the context of HIV reduction, the UN has limited its calls to health- and evidence-based solutions to drug abuse.

Last year, nations meeting at the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs maintained a criminal approach to narcotics, despite strong concerns from a number of countries. »

Brexit: Vote Leave chief who created £350m NHS claim on bus admits leaving EU could be 'an error'

Authored by independent.co.uk

Dominic Cummings, the Vote Leave campaign director, described the referendum as a “dumb idea” before other ideas had been tried to win back powers from Brussels.

Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader, seized on the comments, saying: “Dominic Cummings has let the cat out of the bag.

This is the man who slapped the £350m NHS lie on the side of the bus who is now saying leaving the EU could be a mistake. »

Co-benefits of climate mitigation: Counting statistical lives or life-years?

Authored by sciencedirect.com

This article revisits established quantification methodologies for air pollution related mortality applied by government agencies in USA and EU.

To avoid overstating the benefits of air pollution control, these are treated as proportional to the number of life years lost.

Chilton (2004) was the first study to elicit directly the willingness-to-pay expressed in VOLY’s in an air pollution context. »

Stephen Hawking Is Still Afraid of Aliens

Authored by space.com

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking views a CGI alien civilization on the exoplanet Gliese 832c in this still from the new documentary "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places.".

Humanity should be wary of seeking out contact with alien civilizations, Stephen Hawking has warned once again.

He reiterates that basic concern in "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places," a new documentary streaming now on the CuriosityStream video service. »